title: Presidential Address: Can prayer help surgery?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Donn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Schroder
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D029221:Faith Healing; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000379:methods; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D018907:Privacy; D012067:Religion; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States